Pressing apparatus



Jan. 12, 1-932. O L 1,340,955

PRES S ING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 9, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l I "/2 INVENTOR.

A TTORNE Y.

Jan; 12, 1932. A. 0. LONG v 1,849,965

PRESSING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 9, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 12, 1932 I mm 0.1mm, or mess our, msso'onr Y 'mmssnre.urm'rus Applioaflon'fled August 9, 1930. Serial No. 474,115.

My invention relates to pressing apparatus and more particularly toapparatus of this character including a steam heated padded buck onwhich a garment may be supported, and a head adapted to press thesupported garment, and has for its principal objects to efi'ectadjustment of a garment supporting buck to garments of di erent sizes,andto provide for the complete ironing of the entire body of any sizedshirt in four lays on a buck.

A further.'object of my invention is to effect adjustment of pressingboards and retaining means with reference to each other to accord withthe shapes and sizes of different types of garments.

In accomplishing these and other objects of my invention, I haveprovidedimproved details of structure, the preferred forms of which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of pressing apparatus constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the garment-supporting portion of the apparatusillustrating a shirt mounted thereon to be pressed.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4C is a section on the line 4- F ig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view illustrating a pressing board or steam chestlocated in pressing relation with a shirt mounted on the supportingboard, a retaining clamp arm being shown fragmentarily.

F 'g. 6 is a fragmentary section onthe line 66, Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view of a collar clamp arm showingthe relation of a spring-pressed clip to the arm.

Referring in detail to the drawings:

The invention is illustrated as applied to a pressing machine includinga base or pedestal 1, a table 2 fixed to the frame, a head yoke 3pivotally supported by the frame, and operating apparatus 4 controlledby a button 5 for operating the head, and means includboards laterdescribed.

y invention pertains particularly to an.

8 mounted on the ing a conduit 7 for delivering steam to press of theneckband yoke and com rising in the illustrated example a steam c estsupplied with steamthrough the conduit 7, a movable .lower paddedpressing board or buck 9 on which a garment or the like may be mountedto be pressed by the head, means for retaining the garment, and meansfor adjusting the buck to the size of the garment, all of which will beparticularly described.

Mounted on the table 2 and secured thereto by bolts 10 is a housing 11having an open top and including end walls 12 having upper edge slots 13and side walls 14 provided with inwardly directed grooves 15 registeringwith said slots and formed in bosses 16 at the upper edges of said sidewalls. outwardly directed tongues 17 on parallel legs or flanges 18depending from the under side of the buck 9 support the buck forslidable movement across the table.

A post 19 depending centrally from the buck 9 into the housing has ahorizontal threaded opening 20 in which is mounted a screw 21 journaledin opposite openings 22 and 23 in the front and rear walls of thehousing and retained by collars 24 against longitudinal movement, andhaving an operating crank 25 whereby the buck may be moved back andforth across the table upon rotation of the screw by the crank foradjustment to the size of the garment.

The buck 9 is illustrated as adapted to support a shirt 26 as in Fig. 2,including a bosom portion 27 and an arm or sleeve28 having'an arcuateedge fixed to the edge of the arm hole of the shirt to form an arcuate'seam 29, and the buck is provided with a recess in one longitudinal edgeproducing a curved edge portion 30 conforming substantially to the shapeof the seam.-

The end edge 31 of the buck is formed arcuately conformably to the curveof the shoulder or yoke of the shirt and the shoulder seam will snuglyengage said end edge when an arm seam portion is located on the uppersurface ofthe buck adjacent the recess 30.

When the shirt is so located, the portion 32 related to the bosomportion 27 and sleeve 28 will lie upon the buck, the upper end'of thebound vertical I edge of the bosom portion being spaced from theadjacent end of the buck.

An operator would ordinarily have to laboriously effect adjustment ofthe longitudinal side seam of the shirt to the longitudinal edge of thebuck, and adjustment of the seam 29 on the face of the buck adtionrelative to the sliding buck, I mount a post 33 having spaced ears 34,on the table adjacent the end of the buck, and provide aclamp orswinging anchor'35 pivoted on i a pin 36 in said ears, including aweighted enlarged head portion 37 offset from the arm and having anarcuate edge and a relatively broad lower face to engage the surface ofthe buck within the neckband. An upstanding flange 38 is provided on thearcuate edge of the head 37 and a latching finger or clip 39 ispivotally mounted on the head 37 having a tip 40 adapted to press theneckband to the flange 38. The clip preferably has ears 41 mounted on apin 42 in lugs 43 projecting from the flange 38 for support from thehead of the swinging arm and is normally pressed by a spring '44 intoengagement with the outer face .of the flange.

, A button 45 is provided on' the outer end of the clip to facilitateoperation thereof to pivot the same away from the flange 38 and permitlocation of the neckband in engagement with the arcuate face of saidflange.

When the shirt is thus retained by the post-- supported anchor and clip,the buck may be moved to adjust the edges thereof to'the side and armhole seam of the shirt, and the head board may then be operated to pressthe shirt.

The head board is provided with a recess 46 at one edge conformingsubstantially to the contour of the recess in the lower board adapted toextend adjacent the corresponding recess in the lower board for accessto the sleeve, and with a recess 47 in its opposite edge to partlysurround the neckband and permit the upper board to be located on theshirt without interference by the shirt retaining clip, and withouttouching the band. P

The clip maytherefore be operated to release the neckband while theupper board is located on the buck and the swinging arm ma then bepivoted outwardly.

X post 48 is mounted at the opposite end of the buck and provided with aswinging arm 49 having shirt-retaining means including a clip 50 similarto. the retainer above described, and the buck and head boards areprovided with recesses 51, 52 and 53 correpass the shirt over the buckuntil the back portionopposite the unironed bosom half is located in theposition previously occupied by the ironed bosom half, and iron saidback portion. The operator may then press the other portions of thebosom and back similarly on the other end of the buck, to complete thepressing operation.

Therecesses 30 and 51 are formed in the same longitudinal edge of thebuck board, thus providing right and left buck portions in alignment,and reducing the requisite width of a board adapted to receive theopposilte bosom portions and back portions of a s irt.

The apparatus is adapted to permit the entire shirt to be sleeved overeither end of the supporting board or buck. The preferred structure andmode of operation, just described, provide that one-half of the bosom ofa shirt opening in the front may be mounted on the buck at one time asillustrated in Fig. 2 and the arm of said half will hang from the buck.

In using the device, a shirt bosom portion will be positioned on thebuck, and the clip will latch the neckband to prevent movement of theshirt as a whole when the buck is shifted. The crank may be operated toshift the buck across the table for locating the arcuate recess insuitable spaced relation with the position of thefixed clip so that thearm seam will be located at the curved edge of the buck recess.Stretching of the material on the buck will be facilitated by thebuck-adjusting process.

When the head 8 is pressed down and relatively tightly binds the spreadout half of the shirt bosom or back to the buck, the operator will haveaccess through the corner recess of the head to the sleeve and maymanipulate the sleeve to assure proper pressing-operation on the shirt.I

When the pressing operation on a bosom lifted, the clip and swinging armmay be operated to release the shirt and permit the shirt to be removedfrom the buck.

It is apparent, therefore,'that garments of any size may be pressedefficiently on apparatus as illustrated, since the neck bands of thegarments may easily be arranged snugly around the vertical flanges ofthe swinging arms and securely held thereto by the clips,

and the arm seams may be located approxiortion is completed and theupper board operating on the, post 19 of the buck is sufficient to movethe buck in one or the other direction to assure location of the armseam on the upper surface of the buck at the margin of the recessed ed e30.

\ Attentionis particu arlycalled to the movable character of thegarment-supporting board or buck, whereby the buck may be shifted withreference to the retaining clip, so that the edge portions of the buckmay fit snugly against the side seams, arms and like portions one sideof a shirt of any size. The apparatus thus provides for easy ad- 7justment of the buck-to any sized shirt, and

ironing the complete body of the shirt by four operations, i. e.,pressing one-half of the bosom and the half of the back opposite theother bosom portion on one end of the buck, and ressing the other halvesof the bosom and ack on the other end of the buck.

and latch the bosom and each end of the buck, to permit all portions'The clips are easily mani 'ulated to release ack portions at to bedrawn fiat on the buck for pressing.

What I claim and desire to secure by etters Patent is:

1. In pressing apparatus of the character described including a support,a pressing board having an edge recess and movably mounted on thesupport, means fixed to the support for retaining a garment mounted onthe board in fixed relation with the sup; port, and means for moving theboard to reposition said edge with reference to the garment. I

2. In pressing apparatus of the character described including a support,a buck having an edge provided with a recess and movably mounted on thesupport, and means fixed to the support for retaining a garment mountedon the buck in fixed relation with the support. a a

8. In pressing apparatus of the character described including a support,a buck movably mounted on the support and having an edge-portionprovided with a recess, means for latching a garment mounted on the buckagainst movemelitby the buck, and means for moving the buck.

4. Pressing apparatus including a table, a

post fixed to the table, a garment retainer vertically pivotally mountedon the post to engage one edge portion of a garment, a garmentsupporting board mounted on the table adjacent the post, and means forshifting the board in a lateral direction beneath said retainer.

5. Pressing apparatus'including a support, a garment-supportingbuckhorizontally slidably mounted on the support, means including a postfixed to the support and a clamping arm pivoted on the post to engagebuck, and

, the direction of one edge portion of a horizontal movement withreference to the support, and means for,

moving the buck to adjust the outer edge of the back to another edge ofthe garment.

6. Pressing apparatus including a support, a buck slidably mounted onthe support, a post fixed to thesupport, a weighted clamping arm pivotedon the post to swing in a path transverse to the slidable movement ofthe buck and having a spring pressed clip for latching a garment to thearm, and means for adjusting the buck to the garment.

7 Pressing apparatus including a support, a buck horizontally slidablymounted on the support, a post fixed to the support, a clamping armvertically pivotal on the post and having a weighted head for clamping agarment to the buck and provided with an armate flange, a spring-pressedclip pivoted to said head for latching a garment portion to the flangeagainst movement by the sliding means for moving the buck.

8. In pressing a paratus, in combination with a support, a eadvertically pivotal on the support, and a buck horizontally movablymounted on the support, means on the support having a portion engageablewith a garment positioned on the buck for holding the garment in fixedrelation with the support upon movement of the buck for adjusting thegarment to be pressed by said head.

9. In pressing apparatus, in combination with a pivotal head and amovable buck, means including a member having fixed relation with thesupport and having a portion engageable with a garment mounted on thebuck for holding the garment to permit movement of the buck relativelythereto. 10. In pressing apparatus including a support, a movablearranged longitudinally on the support, means at one end of the supportfor engaging one end of a garment to retain the same against a pullexerted on the garment by the operator longitudinally of the buck, andmeans for moving the buck transversely to said pull exerted by theoperator.

11. In combination with a support and a garment-supporting buck movablehorizontally on the support and having a front lon- 'gitudinal edgeengageable with the side seam of a garment sleeved on the buck, agarment retainer fixed to the support and including a member movablevertically into overlying relation with the buck to clamp a portion of agarment to the buck, and means on said member for retaining the garmentagainst movement by the buck when the buck is moved to locate the frontedge thereof in engagement with the side seam of the garment.

12. In apparatus of the character described, a support, a post fixed tosaid support adjacent one end thereof and in a longitudinal line on thesupport, a garment-supporting buck movable transversely of the support,an arm pivotal on said post to overlie the buck, and means for latchinga garment to the arm.

13. In apparatus of the character described including a buck having agarmentsupporting surface and movable in a horizontal plane, a garmentretainer having fixed mounting adjacent the buck, and including avertically pivotal arm movable into and out of engagement with thegarment-supporting surface of the buck.

14. In apparatus of the character described, a support, a buck having ahorizontal upper surface and a front edge provided with a concaverecess, a pivotal pressing board having a cutout edge portion conformingto the contour of said recess, a post having fixed mounting adjacent oneend of the buck and adjacent the extended median line of the buck, anarm on the post movable in a vertical path toward and away fromthe'upper surface of the buck, a clamp'on the arm for clamping a garmentto the buck .to permit movement of the buck relatively to thegarment,'an arcuate upstanding flange on the head, and a cli on saidclamp having a spring pressed nger for latching one end of the garmentto the flange, the buck being movable horizontally on the support in adirection transverse to the direction in which a pull may be exerted onthe garment by the clamp and the hand of an operator holding theopposite end of the garment for adjusting said recessed front edge tothe latched garment.

15. Pressing apparatus including a support, and a shirt-supporting boardmovable on'the support transverselyto the longitudinal axis of the boardand having a sleeve cutout at each end of the front longitudinal edge ofsaid board formin rightand left shirt-supporting portions of the board.

16. In pressing apparatus including a sup port, and a vertically movablepressing board, a buck movable on the support in a directionsubstantially transverse tothelongitudinal axis of the buck, and havinga front edge provided with end portions shaped to accommodaterespectively right and left portions of a garment for mounting oppositeportions of a garment on opposite ends of the buck. J.

17. In pressing apparatus including a support, a garment-supporting buckmovable on the support and having opposite end portions shapeto'accommodate opposite portions of a garment, and means includingmembers movable respectively toward opposite ends of the buck forrespectively retaining the portions-of the garment mounted on said endportions of the buck against movement by the buck. v

tion of a garment mounted on the buck, and

a pressin board movable to and from the buck and having a recess toaccommodate said garment-engagm member.

In testimony w ereof I afiix my si ature. 7

ARCHIE o. L NG.

